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The Wind is High – Chapter 17
<- Chapter 16 Chapter 18 -> Riley swung in an upward arc. She felt her blade score the boy. The skin of his trousers tore, then his skinny gut and chest. A red line welled from his right shoulder to his left hip. He screamed. “First blood,” Riley said automatically, as though she was on…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 16
<- Chapter 15 Chapter 17 -> Gavin wanted to go home. He was sick of this city, and sick of L’Marc. He was mad at the driver. They had been all over, looking for this place, up and down the streets of Kalden. The driver was a fat and lazy man. Gavin hated him and…
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Gravend – Learn to Live Again
I keep having this pervasive thought. The idea of explaining the imagery in Gravend haunts me. I have always come to the canvas with the intention of creating scary images. However, the nature of the world that I am drawing is becoming clear. Gravend takes place in a world where edges do not sharpen. Light…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 15
<- Chapter 14 Chapter 16 -> Riley’s heart was hammering as she watched the boys disperse into the forest. She kept searching for eyes as they walked the short distance to the camp in terse silence. Arriving at the clearing, she said, “Some of those boys from the lumberjack group followed us back here.” Lissie…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 14
<- Chapter 13 Chapter 15 -> A mountain of a man emerged from between the trees. He wore no shirt, yet hardly an inch of skin was visible. He was covered with curly black hair like Riley had never seen. His beard reached to his belly, though who could tell. In his right hand he…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 13
<- Chapter 12 Chapter 14 -> Every speck of lint on Gavin’s travel clothes beckoned. Each visible thread was a tear in his mind. The smattering of dust on his cloak made his skin crawl. He could taste vomit at the back of his throat and his tongue worried the cracked tooth. The glass counters…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 12
<- Chapter 11 Chapter 13 -> Riley scratched Sugarsnap behind the ear. She kept herself from turning her head. Cora and Alexander were double-mounted on Anvil. Riley winced, thinking about her father realizing they had stolen his war horse. He was the only one of the three horses that could take two riders. And a…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 11
<- Chapter 10 Chapter 12 -> Riley knew the name Glasheim from books she’d been forced to read. Judging from the look of Lissie, she knew less than Riley, but Cora was already talking. “It sounds fascinating, it must be so far away!” Riley snapped, “It’s in Midgat, very far north. I know that much.” …
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The Wind is High – Chapter 10
<- Chapter 9 Chapter 11 -> Gavin took a deep breath and held it. The air was dusty with lint, but he could not cough as the tailor drew a measuring tape across his chest. The bent man’s bald head had asymmetrical hair combed across it in inky black tendrils. The sound of sewing machines…
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The Wind is High – Chapter 9
<- Chapter 8 Chapter 10 -> Leaping, without making a sound, Riley grabbed the sword and buckled it around her waist in a flurry. Then she took a breath, staring into the darkness toward the singing. Hearing nothing, she crept to Lissie, patting her on the shoulder and whispering “Hush, I heard a man.” Lissie…